Cambridge Judge Business School was delighted to welcome to the Business School the Cambridge MBA alumnus Dimitris Tsikopoulos (MBA 1994) to mark his £750,000 donation to launch the Navarino CJBS Masters Scholarship at Cambridge Judge.
Dimitris, CEO of Greece-based maritime technology firm Navarino, met on 15 November with some MBA and Executive MBA (EMBA) students who have been impacted by his generosity, and also met with faculty and others at the Business School including Professor Gishan Dissanaike, Incoming Dean at Cambridge Judge.
The Navarino Masters Studentship scholarships at the Business School are valued up to £65,000 for MBA students and £85,000 for EMBA students, and are awarded based on academic excellence. The scholarship is open to all Cambridge MBA and EMBA applicants, with priority to students experiencing financial hardship and who would not otherwise enrol at Cambridge Judge.
How extraordinary commitment by alumni helps provide exceptional education
The new scholarships were first announced in June, when Gishan said:
Cambridge Judge Business School is enormously grateful for the very generous pledge by Dimitris, and I send deepest thanks on behalf of all faculty, staff and students at the Business School. It is the extraordinary commitment and unwavering support of alumni like Dimitris that help enable Cambridge Judge to provide exceptional education, foster innovation, and create a lasting social and business impact.
The masters students who met with Dimitris at the event were Asma’u Abiola (EMBA 2024), Yan Ru Lu (Alice Lu) (EMBA 2024), Khin Saw, EMBA 2024, Florian Anzengruber (EMBA 2024), and Parisa Montazeri (MBA 2024).
Featured scholarship
The Navarino Masters Studentship
Scholarships for MBA and Executive MBA students of Cambridge Judge Business School.
Related articles
The donation pledge of £750,000 over 5 years from Dimitris Tsikopoulos (MBA 1994), CEO of Greece-based maritime technology firm Navarino, funds the Navarino CJBS Masters Studentships for outstanding candidates to attend Cambridge Judge Business School. (Main photo: Dimitris Tsikopoulos)…
Student and alumni news
New Cambridge Judge scholarship for students with scientific backgrounds
The Vanessa Dekou Scholarship for Scientists will help finance a Cambridge MBA education for candidates with advanced degrees in scientific fields such as biological sciences, chemistry and physics. It is funded through a generous donation from Vanessa Dekou, a Cambridge Judge Business School alumna (MBA 2002) who has forged a successful career in entrepreneurship and biotech.
A UK initiative led by two Cambridge MBA students and Professor Mark de Rond of Cambridge Judge Business School seeks to document war crimes in Ukraine through drone-delivered images.